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The Big Dream(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-11-11
55%
88 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
Overview:
Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies: 
Babe Film
Movie: The Big Dream
Top 10 Billed Cast
Riccardo Scamarcio
Nicola
Jasmine Trinca
Laura
Luca Argentero
Libero
Massimo Popolizio
Domenico
Alessandra Acciai
Francesca
Dajana Roncione
Isabella
Federica Vincenti
Rosa
Brenno Placido
Giulio
Marco Iermanò
Andrea
Silvio Orlando
Carabinieri colonel
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Overview
Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.
Release Date
2009-11-11
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